Combined shade and curtain bracket.



PATENTED AUG. 25, 1908.

F. J. GROTE. COMBINED SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.16, 1907.

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FREDERICK JOSEPH GROTE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

COMBINED SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 25, 1908.

Application filed October 16, 1907. Serial No. 397,691.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK JosnPH Gnorn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State ofOhio, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Combined Shade andCurtain Bracket, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined shade and curtain bracket of thattype in which ready adjustment is provided to accommodate the shaft andcurtain rod to the supporting brackets.

The invention has for one of its objects to improve and simplify theconstruction and operation of devices of this character so as to becomparatively easy and inexpensive to manufacture, and convenient toadjust.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a combined shadeand curtain supporting bracket including means for independentadjustment for the shade and curtain rod. 7

WVith these objects in view and others, as will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention comprises the various novel featuresof construction and arrangement of parts which will be more fullydescribed hereinafter and set forth with particularity in the claimsappended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one of the embodiments ofthe inven tion, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a combined shade andcurtain rod bracket; Fig. 2 is a section through the curtain rodsupporting arm. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3, Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, A designates the base piece or bracket of thedevice; B, the shade holder slide; C, the curtain rod supporting hook;and D, the arm on which the hook is adjustably mounted.

The bracket A is preferably constructed of a piece of strip metal whichis doubled centrally on itself to form a flattened eye 1 in which theslide B is held, the ends of the sheet metal strip being bent oppositelyto form apertured ears 2 for receiving screws or other fasteningswhereby the bracket is secured to a window frame. The shank portion 3,between the hook 1 and base portion 2 of the bracket, has laterallyextending lugs 4 on each half of the metal strip .of which the bracketis made, the lugs being bent oppositely into hooks so that the hook onone part of the shank engages over the other part of the shank andthereby prevents the eye opening. The eye 1 has a boss 5 that isthreaded to receive the set screw 6 which binds on the slide B andthereby clamps the latter in position.

The slide B is a flat strip of metal adjustable to any desired positionin the eye 1 and having one end. bent upwardly into an ear 7 providedwith a slot 8 for receiving the loose s ring actuated pintle of a shaderoller. The s ide of the companion bracket, it will be understood, willbe provided with an opening instead of a slot for receiving the fixedpintle of the shade roller.-

Mounted on the slide B is the arm D that has its inner end turned into aloop or eye 9 through which passes the slide B, and the arm has alongitudinal slot 10 for permitting of adjustment of the hook C, and theextremity of the strip from which the arm D is made, is provided with atongue 11 which is doubled backwardly through the inner end of the slot10 and pressed against the bottom of the eye 9, as shown in Fig. 2, thesaid tongue serving to prevent the eye from opening under the weightsustained on the hook C.

The outer extremity of the arm D is bent upwardly at right angles to thelength of the arm and has an aperture 12 through which slidably extendsthe shank 13 of the wire hook C. The inner end of the shank 13 is bentinto a depending portion 14 that proj ects through the slot 10 and isthreaded for engagement with the thumb nut 15 which binds against theunder side of the arm D and clamps the latter against a collar 16 of theshank 13 at the top side of the arm D. By loosening the thumb nut, thehook can be moved inwardly or outwardly to any desired point for hangingthe curtain close to or out from the window frame. The outer extremityof the hook C is provided with a thumb screw 17 for engagement with thecurtain rod so as to hold the latter in fixed position. The arm D can beadjusted laterally by sliding it on the horizontal member B so as tosuit different lengths of curtain rods.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of themethod of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the artto which the invention appertains, and while I have described theprinciple of operation of the invention, together with the apparatuswhich I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof,

I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is merelyillustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as arewithin the scope of the claims.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. The combinationof a bracket consisting of a piece of metal doubled on itself to form aneye and provided with a lug on one half of the piece bent over theotherv half for preventing the eye from spreading open, with ashade-holding member slidably mounted in the eye.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a strip ofmetal having one end bent into a shade-holding member, a second strip ofmetal bent at one end into-an eye for slidably fitting on the firststrip and having its opposite end-bent transversely and apertured, awire hook having a straight portion passing through the aperture of thesecond strip, a collar on the wire, and a clamping nut on the wirecooperating with the collar for clamping the wire to the second strip.

3, In a device of the class described, the combination of a bracketprovided with an eye, a member slidably mounted in the eye andprojecting from opposite sides of the latter, means on one end of themember for supporting a shade, an arm slidably mounted on the oppositeend of the member, a curtain rod supporting element adjustable back andforth on the arm, and means for clamping the element in position.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination of a bracketconsisting of a single piece of metal doubled on itself to form an eye,theeXtremities of the strip being formed into apertured oppositelyextending ears, and lugs on each half of the strip adapted to be bent sothat the lug on one part engages the other part of the strip forpreventing the eye from opening.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination of an adj ustablymounted shade supporting member, an arm formed into an eye at one endfor slidably engaging the member and provided with a longitudinal'slot,an adjustable curtain rod supporting element having its rear end bentthrough the said slot, means on the rear end of the element foradjustably clamping the latter on the arm.

6. In a device of the class described, the combination. of a curtain rodsupporting hook, a member on which the hook is slidably mounted andhaving one end formed into an apertured ear and the opposite end bentinto an eye with a longitudinal slot, a tongue on the eye bent throughthe slot and back against the eye for preventing the latter fromopening, a screw on the hook passing through the slot of the member, aclamping device on the screw for holding the hook on the arm, and asupporting member on which the eye is frictionally held.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK JOSEPH GROTE.

